More barefeats ata drive tests

[samsc]

They test a variety of standard drives, as a boot drive.
A boot drive does not have to have the same specs as a media drive

http://www.barefeats.com/boot02.html

it appears that the ultimate boot drive would be a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 with its 16MB buffer, not the 10K Raptor -- not even dual 10K Raptors. Though I would recommend the DM 10's "sister" drive, the MaXLine III, with it's higher quality construction and longer warranty (5 years versus 3 years*).

[tharding]

So, looking at the sustained read figures, if a Raptor is being used as a media drive it would appear that it is better plugged into a PCI adaptor rather than built in.

Would this be the same for a single drive?

Cheers

Toby

[samsc]

So, looking at the sustained read figures, if a Raptor is being used as a media drive it would appear that it is better plugged into a PCI adaptor rather than built in.

Would this be the same for a single drive?

Cheers

Toby

its difficult to tell from these tests.
i saw this too.
it could be an anomaly.

there were some performance issues with the internal sata drives. but i dont know whether they affect this.
i have used scsi exlcusively for quite some time now